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Salford

About Salford

Population

79,755 in city
2,482,352 in metro

Size

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Altitude

36 m

Salford is one of the world's first industrial cities, covering 37sq miles at the heart of the Greater Manchester conurbation. The city sits next to Manchester city centre, separated by the River Irwell. It has been the home of a number of pioneering social developments; Salford is the home of the world's first free public library, it was the birthplace of the modern vegetarian movement and features the first street to be lit by artificial light - Chapel Street in 1806. The first horse-drawn bus service ran between Pendleton and Manchester in 1824, and some of the world's first municipal parks are in Salford. Today, Salford is well known for its cultural institutions and regeneration initiatives. An area known as Salford Quays is home to The Lowry, a facility dedicated to the famous Salford-born painter L. S. Lowry, as well as numerous commercial developments that have reversed the fortunes of what was a rundown dockyard.

Zones

Greengate (16), Salford Quays (14)

Metro Cities

Altrincham, Ashton-under-Lyne, Atherton, Bolton, Bury, Chadderton, Denton, Droylsden, Eccles, Failsworth, Farnworth, Heywood, Hindley, Hyde, Leigh, Manchester, Middleton, Oldham, Prestwich, Radcliffe, Rochdale, Royton, Sale, Salford, Stalybridge, Stockport, Stretford, Swinton, Tyldesley, Urmston, Walkden, Whitefield, Wigan, Wilmslow

No. of Buildings

No.	Current status
209	All Buildings
122	existing
19	under construction
9	planned
30	unbuilt
29	demolished

Tallest Buildings

#	Building	Height	Year
1	The Anaconda Cut	427 ft	2019
2	Affinity Living Riverview	387 ft	2021
3	Northill Apartments	295 ft	2021
4	GreenGate Block A	290 ft	2017
5	Michigan Point Tower B	282 ft	2019

Building types

No.	Type
152	high-rise building
45	low-rise building
9	skyscraper
2	church
1	open-air structure